NBA: X-Factors

[Monkeyboy14]

What would you say your teams biggest X-Factor is come playoff time?

Right now for the spurs you could make the case that its either 3 point shooting, pick and roll with tiago, or maybe just the stamina of the team in general.
Id say its the overall play of the "mini" big three is the x-factor. When tim tony and manu are struggling or tired, we obviously need Kawhi, danny green, and tiago to keep things going.

[whitemamba]

[JamStone]

Heat - health. Otherwise they have as good a chance to repeat as any defending champ team the past decade

OKC - Ibaka scoring

Spurs - three point shooting. Big three will do what they do. Green, Neal, Jackson, Bonner will have to complement the big three offensively to keep defenses honest

Clippers - halfcourt and perimeter defense. They rely heavily on turnovers. They need to be better defending the three point line and in the halfcourt set, especially against the better offensives teams

Knicks - point guard play. When Felton plays well and/or Kidd is scoring, their offense is much more dangerous

Memphis - Zach Randolph has to be an efficient 25-30 point scorer to carry that weak and inconsistent offense

[JoeTait75]

Knicks - point guard play. When Felton plays well and/or Kidd is scoring, their offense is much more dangerous

Judging by their game against the Cavaliers the other night, New York's x-factor might be Carmelo being off the floor. The Ewing Theory is in full effect with that guy.

[Kai]

Lin, Parsons' offense and production at the 4.

[cheguevara]

Spurs Health
Heat Lebron's health
OKC whos gonna be the 3rd gun? Martin/Ibaka?

[Latarian Milton]

gary neal will be the biggest X-factor for them spurs if anything. dude can hit big shots and he'll make you pay if you overlook his threat. tiago is a solid role player but not what people often call an x-factor imho, say there ain't a big difference between the best tiago and the worst of him.

[Brunodf]

gary neal will be the biggest X-factor for them spurs if anything. dude can hit big shots and he'll make you pay if you overlook his threat. tiago is a solid role player but not what people often call an x-factor imho, say there ain't a big difference between the best tiago and the worst of him.

Spurs should've traded him, Neal is a chucker and can't play D, rather give his minutes to CoJo or KL.

[racm]

Green and Splitter are far more confident this season.

It's gonna be health for the Spurs.

For the Thunder it's learning to keep cool and play under pressure.

For the Heat it's about maintaining their level of play.